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Direct linkDiefenbach, Gretchen J.; Tolin, David F.; Meunier, Suzanne A.; Gilliam, Christina M. – Gerontologist, 2009
Purpose: This study determined the psychometric properties of a variety of anxiety measures administered to older adults receiving home care services. Design and Methods: Data were collected from 66 adults aged 65 years and older who were receiving home care services. Participants completed self-report and clinician-rated measures of anxiety and…
Descriptors: Mental Disorders, Interrater Reliability, Geriatrics, Psychometrics
Kemper, Peter; Heier, Brigitt; Barry, Teta; Brannon, Diane; Angelelli, Joe; Vasey, Joe; Anderson-Knott, Mindy – Gerontologist, 2008
Purpose: The study's goals were to understand what changes in management practices would most improve the jobs of frontline workers from the perspective of workers themselves and to analyze differences across settings. Design and Methods: The baseline survey of direct care workers (N = 3,468) conducted as part of the National Study of the Better…
Descriptors: Caregivers, Work Environment, Administrator Role, Comparative Analysis
Smith, Maureen A.; Seplaki, Christopher; Biagtan, Mark; DuPreez, Amanda; Cleary, James – Gerontologist, 2008
Purpose: Although caregivers desire specific information about hospice programs, there is little descriptive information available. We characterized agencies that provide formal or informal hospice care in the United States according to four types of services considered important by caregivers: medications and treatments; rehabilitative care;…
Descriptors: Hospices (Terminal Care), Medical Services, Caregivers, Drug Therapy
Van Houtven, Courtney Harold; Jeffreys, Amy S.; Coffman, Cynthia J. – Gerontologist, 2008
Purpose: The Veterans Affairs or VA health care system is in the process of significantly expanding home health care (HOC) nationwide. We describe VA HHC use in 2003 for all VA HHC users from 2002; we examine whether VA utilization across a broad spectrum of services differed for a sample of VA HHC users and their propensity-score-matched…
Descriptors: Health Facilities, Respite Care, Veterans, Health Services
Ejaz, Farida K.; Noelker, Linda S.; Menne, Heather L.; Bagaka's, Joshua G. – Gerontologist, 2008
Purpose: This research applies a stress and support conceptual model to investigate the effects of background characteristics, personal and job-related stressors, and workplace support on direct care workers' (DCW) job satisfaction. Design and Methods: Researchers collected survey data from 644 DCWs in 49 long-term care (LTC) organizations. The…
Descriptors: Job Satisfaction, Continuing Education, Nursing Homes, Multiple Regression Analysis
Han, Beth; McAuley, William J.; Remsburg, Robin E. – Gerontologist, 2007
Purpose: Little is known about whether an association exists between agency ownership and length of service among home care patients with different payment sources. This study investigated how for-profit and not-for-profit agencies responded to policy changes in the 1990s with respect to length of service. Design and Methods: We examined length of…
Descriptors: Home Programs, Health, Agencies, Ownership
Hawes, Catherine; Fries, Brant E.; James, Mary L.; Guihan, Marylou – Gerontologist, 2007
Purpose: The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has adopted two functional assessment systems that guide care planning: one for nursing home residents (the Resident Assessment Instrument [RAI]) and a compatible one for home care clients (RAI-HC). The purpose of this article is to describe the RAI-HC (often referred to as the Minimum Data Set-Home…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Veterans, Nursing Homes, Residential Care
Wiener, Joshua M.; Anderson, Wayne L.; Khatutsky, Galina – Gerontologist, 2007
Purpose: This study analyzed the effect of consumer-directed versus agency-directed home care on satisfaction with paid personal assistance services among Medicaid beneficiaries in Washington State. Design and Methods: The study analyzed a survey of 513 Medicaid beneficiaries receiving home- and community-based services. As part of a larger study,…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Least Squares Statistics, Satisfaction, Social Services
Kane, Robert L.; Bershadsky, Boris; Bershadsky, Julie – Gerontologist, 2006
Purpose: Making good consumer decisions requires having good information. This study compared long-term-care recommendations among various types of health professionals. Design and Methods: We gave randomly varied scenarios to a convenience national sample of 211 professionals from varying disciplines and work locations. For each scenario, we…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Health Personnel, Nurses, Physicians
